Too Many Ideas - Archive for the ‘My Stuff’ Category
NitSCreeping Past 80K
Friday, December 7th, 2007It’s taken nearly two months but Night and the Sidhe finally crept past the 80K word mark thanks to two nights when the police helicopter woke me up this week. Each time I had a random fragment of the story in my head. Not the next bit which I’ve been stuck on which I really […]
Vue Lighting Rig #10: Three Spot Lights
Monday, December 3rd, 2007Last weeks entry in my ongoing series of theatrically inspired Vue lighting rigs is one of the most commonly used rigs: Two Spotlights from the Front. Tonight’s rig is an improved version of that rig which adds a third light behind the actor to add a little back light. During the development of theatrical lighting […]
Dragging Words onto the Page
Monday, December 3rd, 2007There are days that it feels like words flow on to the page but then there are days that no matter how much I want them to they just don’t. I’ve managed around three hundred on Night and the Sidhe, four hundred more to the yet to be named short story I’m working on and […]
One divided by Two Equals Two
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007I started editing Mrs H’s Knitting Circle last night. It was so far over the word count I realised I needed to do something drastic. It was ending on a long bit of dialogue that I liked after an unseen action sequence. So, thanks to the joys of word processing, I’ve rewritten it to put […]
Vue Lighting Rig #9: Two Spotlights from the Front
Monday, November 26th, 2007Tonight’s Theatrical lighting rigs is one of the most commonly used solutions to the question of how to light an actor. It has been in use for at least seventy-five years and was first described by Stanley McCandless in his 1932 book A Method of Lighting the Stage. Even the best funded production has a […]
Planet of Danger
Monday, November 26th, 2007When it was quiet late on Friday night I recorded the first half of myself reading The Electron Jockey. I’ve spent some of today editing the first Planet of Danger cast which will eventually be a part of the, yet to be launched, Dirk Dangerous web site. So far I’m about half way through the […]
Mrs H.'s Knitting Circle Arrgh!
Saturday, November 24th, 2007I got inspiration for the Mrs H.’s Knitting Circle tonight and pushed on through the next scene and past the 3,500 word limit which is a problem as I’m not close to the end yet. However I scrimped on a couple of earlier sections so I’m thinking I could expand them and move some of […]
I sure pick the day to mess with American History
Friday, November 23rd, 2007I’ve been using the wibbly wobbly web and associated Internet thingy for well over a decade now. In that time I’ve made friends all over the world including America. Funny thing is that today is the first time I can remember being wished happy thanksgiving. Its not just happened once though but several times. Anyway […]
Astonishing Adventures Magazine Now in Print
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007Astonishing Adventures Magazine Issue 1 is now available in print through Lulu and includes my short story, The Electron Jockey. The free PDF of Astonishing Adventures Magazine Issue 1 is also still available.
Vue Lighting Rig #8: Spotlights at 45 degrees from the Front and Back
Monday, November 19th, 2007Last weeks theatrical lighting rig for Vue placed two spot lights at 45 degrees on either side of the actor but this can create unsightly shadows especially down the middle of their face. This week the same rig is turned so that one light now points from the front and one from the back. We’ve […]